Often called the "Father of Church History," Eusebius was the first to trace the rise of Christianity during its principal first three centuries from Christ to Constantine. Our principal resource for earliest Christianity, The Church History presents a panorama of apostles, church fathers, emperors, bishops, heroes, heretics, confessors, and martyrs.
This book recounts the Roman and Jewish context of New Testament times...the lives of John and Jesus, and the history of the first two generations of the Church.
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" The life and Testament of Jim Elliot So wrote Jim Elliot at age 22, sweating over Greek roots and patristics at Wheaton College. Seven years later, writes his widow, "he and four other young men sat together on a strip of white sand on the Curaray River, deep in Ecuador s rain forest, waiting for the arrival of a group…
Here is a fresh, sensible, increasingly popular approach to the problems that every human being, including the person in need of psychiatric help, faces every day in his relations with himself and others. Transactional Analysis is a new breakthrough, one that confronts the individual with the fact that he is responsible for what happens in the future, no matter what has happened in the past. It…
'From the minute I got up this morning my kids were fussing and fighting, and finding creative ways to drive me nuts. Sometimes, on a day like this, I just want to give them away -- cheap!' 'I love them to death, but some days I'd like to know them into the middle of next week.' Do these sentiments sound familiar? Feeling guilty about your parental frustrations is not the answer. (Neither is gi…
Now in its 60th year the landmark bestseller by the great Viennese psychiatrist remembered for his tremendous impact on humanity MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING Internationally renowned psychiatrist Viktor E. Frankl endured years of unspeakable horror in Nazi death camps. During, and partly because of, his suffering, Dr. Frankl developed a revolutionary approach to psychotherapy known as logothe…
A HANDBOOK ON GOOD MANNERS FOR CHILDREN is considered to be the first treatise in Western Europe on the moral and practical education of children. It was written by Erasmus of Rotterdam who determined that manners are best instilled at an early age. It was a massive bestseller - indeed the biggest-selling book of the 16th century - going into nineteen editions and being translated into eight la…
The ambiguity and obscurity of statements from religious leaders today often confuse ordinary Christians. J. C. Ryle's writings were of a different character. His outspoken comments can still help us towards clear Bible-based convictions. The church's doctrine and practice are in constant danger of being corrupted from their original divinely-given character. Seeing this, Ryle felt compelled…
Confessions is one of the most moving diaries ever recorded of a man's journey to the fountain of God's grace. Writing as a sinner, not a saint, Augustine shares his innermost thoughts and conversion experiences and wrestles with the spiritual questions that have stirred the hearts of the thoughtful since time began. Starting with his childhood in Numidia, through his youth and early adulthood …